Industry veterans, degenerate gamblers & besties Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg cover all things economic, tech, political, social & poker.
(0:00) The Besties welcome Mayor Francis Suarez!
(0:23) How Miami significantly decreased homelessness and homicides
(5:17) Formula for turning Miami into America's happiest and healthiest city
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(0:00) Bestie intros!
(1:25) The AI Doomer Ecosystem: goals, astroturfing, Biden connections, effective altruist rebrand, global AI regulation
(25:17) Doom vs Boom in AI: Job Destruction or Abundance…
(0:00) The Besties welcome Nico Rosberg!
(0:27) Nico's history with F1, what makes a great driver
(6:24) The business of F1
(10:05) Teammate rivalries, why "Drive to Survive" works, future growth
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(0:00) Friedberg and Chamath welcome Senator Ron Johnson
(2:30) The Reconciliation Bill process, how much the Big, Beautiful Bill will add to the national debt
(14:33) Problems with growing our way o…
(0:00) Today's topics and bestie intros!
(2:49) Bond market chaos, GOP abandons DOGE, Trump's big, beautiful bill passes the House
(38:15) Google's big week: AI in search, roadmap to diversifying rev…
(0:00) The Besties welcome Antonio Gracias!
(0:30) DOGE updates: Government complexity worse than imagined, how to fix it
(9:00) Talent acquisition: How Elon attracted 10x engineers for DOGE, a bette…
(0:00) The Besties welcome Sergey Brin!
(0:40) Sergey on his return to Google, and how an OpenAI employee played a role!
(5:58) AI's true superpower and the next jump
(12:23) AI robotics: humanoids a…
(0:00) The Besties welcome Ben Shapiro!
(1:53) A Bestie apology to Phil Hellmuth, All-In Poker Tournament
(7:58) Trump's majorly consequential Middle East trip: Saudi, Qatar, Iran, and his vision for…
(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai
(2:58) Will AI kill search?: Google disrupting itself, evolving search to follow the user
(15:32) Infrastructure advantage, foundational mod…
(0:00) The Besties intro Philippe Laffont!
(2:12) Miami F1 Recap!
(12:10) Fed holds rates steady on tariff uncertainty
(32:47) Google drops after Apple sees fall in search queries on Safari
(56:48) C…
(0:00) David Friedberg introduces Secretary Doug Burgum
(2:11) Burgum's background and how it led to his role in the administration
(10:56) The state of American energy and how we got here
(22:32) Am…
(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins!
(1:32) How she ended up in Trump's two administrations, history of the USDA
(16:56) Trump's first 100 days, what needs to be refo…
(0:00) The Besties welcome Box's Aaron Levie and Flexport's Ryan Petersen!
(4:05) Is Sacks back?
(8:19) Reflecting on Trump's first 100 days
(28:16) Global trade disruption, how businesses are dealin…
(0:00) The Besties intro Andrew Ross Sorkin
(2:04) Market bump: Trump rally or a Bessent put?
(18:04) Are tariffs damaging the American "brand"? Apple's investment in India
(38:18) Balance of power p…
(0:00) The Besties welcome Tim Dillon!
(6:56) Nvidia H20 export controls, the China workaround, plausible deniability by chipmakers selling to China-linked entities
(28:45) Trump vs. Harvard: Why the…
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(0:58) Reacting to Trump targeting China and postponing all other reciprocal tariffs
(21:21) Measures for success of tariffs, debating the impact of letting China into the WTO
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(0:00) The Besties welcome Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias
(1:54) Why Antonio is helping out and what it's like working with DOGE
(4:56) DOGE's latest findings: illegal immigration, social security, …
(0:00) Friedberg and Jason are live from Austin!
(2:51) How building an audience has impacted the Besties
(11:15) Colin & Samir join the Besties!
(12:01) Evolution of short-form and long-form content
…(0:00) The Besties welcome Gavin Baker back on the show!
(1:20) Nvidia balance sheet questions, CoreWeave IPO, M&A/IPO bounce back
(16:22) US vs China in AI: Manus, China building its own Nvidia, and…
(0:00) Welcoming Cyan Banister and David Sacks!
(3:23) Behind the scenes of the Besties in DC: White House, cabinet interviews, and more
(33:00) How M&A will be unleashed, Google buys Wiz for $32B, T…